Category Archives: Visiting Boston Harbor

Roseway heading out for a Boston Harbor Sunset Cruise

The historic Roseway schooner heading out for a cruise. Here is a prior post about the beautiful and elegant Roseway.

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Boston Harbor picture of the week: Sunset at Castle Island

    Here is a shot I took walking around Castle Island at dusk. It was creepy enough to remind me that this place allegedly gave Edgar Allen Poe the  inspiration to write the Cask of Amontillado after here served … Continue reading

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Disappointment of the week- Georges Island dock still closed

I cruised over to Georges Island yesterday for the first time of the season to see if the long awaited re-opening of the public dock has occurred. It turns out that…. it has not. It is still under construction (two cranes … Continue reading

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It’s one of those days….

….where it is hard to tell where the sky ends and the ocean begins. Here is a shot of Minot light and the surrounding rock outcrops outside of Cohasset Cove. Without these on the horizon, it would be hard to … Continue reading

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The Dogfish: Ugliest and most detested fish in local waters

A couple months ago, I wrote here about the ugliest fish you can catch in Boston Harbor and in the Northeast generally. The feedback I have gotten is that the Spiny Dogfish is not only the ugliest, but most disliked … Continue reading

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Sunset cruising out along Nantasket Roads

The conditions became ideal last night for a nice sunset cruise out to open water, with calm seas, clearing skies and very calm seas. I travelled out the Nantasket Roads channel, and ended up parking about a mile offshore of … Continue reading

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Boston Tea Party Museum Set to Open Soon

I am very excited for the Tea Party Museum to open, which according to its website is scheduled to occur in 78 days. Having been under construction for quite some time, the structure is coming together quite nicely.  I remember … Continue reading

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South Shore Naval History On Display

Then USS Salem, docked at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy is just one of the South Shore’s pieces of naval history: The Fore River and Hingham shipyards are worth a visit if you are interested in US naval history. … Continue reading

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